Floor Level Fireplace Hearth

The family room in my last house was small so a raised hearth would never have worked i chose the raised hearth in my new house because i wanted the extra seating and the room is big enough to accommodate it.

Floor level fireplace hearth. The fireplace hearth wasn t exactly square so i custom cut each side. Extend that location to the hearth and draw a line on the substrate bisecting it. I used the factory cut edges and corners for the outside edge and left about 1 4 of space at the wall. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

Ask question asked 6 years 4 months ago. Before you begin protect the finished floor around the hearth with plastic sheeting and painter s tape. Active 4 years 7. Extending at least 16 inches from the fireplace opening and at least 8 inches beyond.

The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. Step 3 dry fit the tile photo by kolin smith. I had a floor level hearth in my last house and went with a raised hearth in my new house. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.

The first layer of backer board brought the hearth level with the hardwood floors. How to level uneven fireplace hearth concrete. Measure the firebox opening behind the hearth and determine its center point.